Living inside the box is a hot trend for a good reason: Steel shipping and storage containers make smart, tight huts, cabins, offices, and homes. Container living is eco-friendly, offers lots of flexibility, and can save a bundle if you keep it simple. And the options for cool container houses are ...

You need more storage space. Maybe a car, general garage storage, a boat, a convertible you only get to use part of the year, snowmobiles, jet skis, bikes, tools, etc. And your garage isn’t cutting it anymore either at home or at the cabin. You need a container garage. Containers are great garages. ...

You have used containers at work or during building a home. You love to hunt. You don’t have a cabin on your land. Enter—the connex box. Drop a container on your land, add in a door and some windows and you have a perfect hunting retreat. Whether it is just a basic spot to base camp or a complete ...

We have covered what size container to buy, how it will be delivered, how you can modify it, and a whole list of different uses for containers. But one huge question is – where are you going to put that? Of course you need enough room for a truck to get in to deliver the container, but beyond that, ...

Check out today’s video, courtesy of BigSteelBox. This video from one of the large container manufacturers in China shows the construction of a container from start to finish. All cargo containers are made to the same ISO standards. What I like best about this is that by seeing how it is put ...

Usually, when we talk about using containers for workshops, we’re talking about 1-3 containers being used as a covered work area. Some are basic containers with shelving put in. Others are insulated and have HVAC units so they can be used year-round in different locations. Some people put 2 ...

Sometimes you stumble upon someone doing EXACTLY what you get asked about all the time. Today’s post is one of those times. The Saner Container has covered a lot of different aspects of modifying containers, but nothing can get people’s imagination going more than the issue of ...

Do you need more space on your farm for anything from outbuildings, processing shops for poultry, game or even meat smoking, additional equipment storage, hay storage and more? Maybe a container is what you need.

The container floor is made up of steel cross-members with a wood floor over it. The underside of the flooring is coated to make it moisture and bug resistant. We often get asked about moving and stacking 20’ containers. 20’s are perfect for moving around and being more flexible than the 40's, ...

LightHouse (a 20' container hotel room) was featured at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' Third Thursday series on sustainability. LightHouse, now Light Hotel, premiered their 20' container hotel room at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. In their own words, lightHouse is “an urban ecotourism ...

Vapor Barriers in Container Homes? - UPDATE 3/22/22 Here is an update on this blog from Sterling Cox. While I agree with his update, another solution we have found to be very effective is to simply use spray foam insulation which adheres to the container directly and gets in every nook and cranny, ...

Victoria Burrow in Victoria, MN features street food and drinks served out of our shipping containers along with a wide range of fun activities—axe-throwing, mini-golf, bocce ball, virtual reality, an arcade, darts, bean-bag toss/corn hole, oversized Connect 4 and more! Victoria Burrow bought two ...

Taking a cargo container and turning it into something else—living quarters, emergency relief shelters/centers, storm shelters, etc, is a very popular idea. You can picture what you want it to look like in the end, but how do you get started on your project. Standard or Insulated/refrigerated? ...

Update: Since we posted this in 2011, we have had a ton more fire departments buy containers from us. Most do their own modifications in-house because fire departments seem to attract very handy people. Containers are so flexible because they can get moved around and put together in endless ...

You’ve got the plan in your head—get a container, add doors, windows, or other simple improvements, and then you have your container office, shop or cabin. You’re handy, know your way around a do-it-yourself project, but where to start? No need to reinvent the wheel—container modification kits will ...

Container modifications. The internet tells you it is easy. You know it should be. But the question is, how easy is it? These days, if you can cut and weld, it is very easy. Container modification kits take all the hassle out of the whole process. Step 1 Cut the hole the size indicated with the ...

I was in Kansas City last week for the National Portable Storage Association conference. After the conference, I was lucky enough to go inside a new local landmark—the container home. In Kansas City, MO, there is a homemade out of cargo-containers. The owner and designer, Debbie Glassberg, had me ...

As the National Portable Storage Association annual conference and trade show, one of our container modification kit suppliers unveiled their latest kit—the container barn door. They brought a 4’ door as an example of the kit, however, doors can be made in whatever length you would like.

So you have shopped around and didn’t like container prices and then turned to eBay and Craigslist to help you out. You think you found the container of your dreams. It doesn’t look too bad, there were plenty of pictures and the pricing seems decent. So do you hit the “submit” button? Here are four ...

Ahhhh fall, that time of year when people think about venting their container. It's too hot, too humid, etc. It's the number one call I get this time of year for modifications. There are a few options to consider. What are your concerns about the inside of your container? Containers are designed to ...

That is the question. You know you are getting a container, but now come the details. Should you put your container on blocking or put it flat on the ground? There are pros and cons to both options. Today we will look at both. To Block Container blocking can be helpful in situations where you have ...